October 2017
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Franschhoek students win provincial model UN debate
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On Saturday, 12 August, two students from Bridge House School, Anaïs Masson and Ross Gauntlett, and two students from Franschhoek High School, Luvo Gcuku and Zenande Tunguntwana, took part in the 2017 SAMUN debate at the Western Cape Legislature. The team represented Kenya in the debate with the theme, “Were reparations necessary for colonialism?” The Franschhoek team did the valley proud by coming out tops in this keenly contested competition. “The South African Model United Nations (SAMUN) is a dynamic Education Africa project based on the principles and format of a UN General Assembly debate, with a focus on the United Nations, global issues, international relations and human rights issues. Teams from participating schools are engaged in General Assembly-style debates, representing the viewpoints of their allocated country.” The debate began with the Franschhoek team’s opening speaker, Zenande Tunguntwana, addressing the speaker and other ‘delegates’. She answered several key questions in her speech, whilst being empathetic and impersonating the way Kenyan delegates would address the UN assembly. Next up was the formal caucus, where Ross Gauntlett was the first caucus speaker. He delivered a minute-long response to the other countries’ opening speeches after which the second caucus speaker, Anaïs Masson, responded. Next up was the informal caucus, where delegates met for an hour to draw up a ‘working document’ or to negotiate with another team that already had a working document. Then came the voting, where
Debating aces Luvo Gcuku, Anaïs Masson, Ross Gauntlett and Zenande Tunguntwana
only three ‘working documents’ would be read out aloud to the delegates. Finally, the Kenyan team’s closing speaker, Luvo Gcuku, ended off the debate by explaining to the assembly why the team voted the way they did. Then came the tense moment: the announcement of the results. The adjudicators announced that Team Belgium had come third and Team China had come second. After a long and dramatic pause, Team Kenya (represented by the students from Bridge House and Franschhoek High) was announced as the overall winner of the Provincial debate. The Team will now go on to compete in the National SAMUN debate in October at the CTICC. Gill Malcolm
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Coming up with a plausible April fool story is a challenge for every editor. It can’t be too obvious and needs just enough credibility to make it plausible. Like Goldilocks’ porridge it has to be just right. If you’re really lucky something occasionally falls in your lap… This is what happened to me at the end of August. How I wished it were the ides of March instead! With everything that comes across my desk I’m usually amongst the first to know of any significant developments in the valley. I was therefore quite surprised to learn about a filling station that had been constructed almost overnight at the entrance to the Berg River Dam. A bit of investigation however soon revealed that it was the set for a new BP advert that was being shot on location. I was already salivating at the thought of an April fool story along the lines that the Robertsvlei Road was to be asphalted imminently to serve as a bypass for heavy goods vehicles using the R45 and BP wanted to be ready with their truck stop the moment the bypass opened… I’ll have to keep thinking! Editor
The BP film set near the entrance to the Berg River Dam.
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